Hi, I was diagnosed Thursday after a routine mammogram screening call back. So hard to understand and everything has moved so fast. Booked in for surgery on Wednesday next week. Had to make the decision yesterday about mastectomy or breast conservation. Still have to tell the children and other family members. Booked in my…
We've got all excited and are having some t-shirts made. They are just for fun, to raise awareness and we're adding $5 to donate to the BCNA. The t-shirts are black and have a silvery grey picture on the front of a dingo howling. It's on the diagonal length of the looped awareness ribbon (though not pink). There is also…
I have put this post in the Choosing Breast Reconstruction group a few days ago however, I notice that there's a lot of activity in the Night Howls group so perhaps it is worthwhile being here as food for thought as well as! I was a stomach sleeper for a lot of years! These days I try to sleep on my back but side sleep…
Earlier this year in May, the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne held their Can-Sleep seminar on Improving Night-Time Sleep Problems for People with Cancer. This seminar was hosted by the Psychology Department at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Following the seminar, the Can-Sleep resource was updated and is now…
Just went to pick up my script for 5mg melatonin. Had to find a compounding pharmacy but pleasantly surprised that they were only $18 for 30 capsules. This was from HealthSmart at Peter Mac in Melbourne. Also they were dispensed by a robot (the pharmacist wasn't a robot, he grabbed the drugs after they were sucked up and…
Hi Night Howls, You now have your own space under day to day. You can start as many middle of the night discussions as you want under this Here's the link https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/categories/night-howls
Sitting here at 4:15am (CST) after trying since 2:30am to go back to sleep and finally giving up, yet again... Wondering who else is out there this morning, and most mornings at this time?
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